Taka and me in the Ginza District of Tokyo during the late afternoon.
Ginza is the high-end shopping district in Tokyo, and thus a great place
for watching Japanese girls. ;-)
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This is the famous corner in the Ginza as seen at night.
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This was a cork jacket (!!!) for sale at the Mitsukoshi Department
Store in Ginza. Only $1000!
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Here's a closer view of the jacket. Yep--real cork!
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A Shinkansen (The Japanese Bullet Train) zooms through Yokohama station.
I took at later train to Osaka. Yokohama to Osaka takes about 3 hours
and at times reaches speeds of over 160 mph.
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My friend Yoko from UW-Eau Claire met me at Shin-Osaka train station.
Yoko has just finished her master's in political science from the University
of New York at Buffalo. She is also engaged to a Korean guy she met
there, but her father doesn't know yet. I hope he doesn't find
out here! :-)
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Yoko and I went out to have okanomiyaki for lunch--an Osaka specialty!
It is REALLY delicious and I recommend having some if you ever find
yourself in Osaka.
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Kenichiro, another former UW-Eau Claire student from Osaka, joined
us for the rest of the day.
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A street comedian in Osaka.
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The next day, Yoko took me to visit Osaka Castle.
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At the end of the day I left Osaka for Kyoto and met up with my friends
Mari and Yukari.
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Mari and Yukari took me to a tradition Kyoto tofu-based dinner.
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Here is a close-up shot of some of the food. Yum! Yum!
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